You can get Lyme disease more than once after being bitten by an infected tick. Infected black-legged ticks must stay on your skin for 36-48 hours to transmit Lyme disease. Wearing long sleeves and ...

Nearly 500,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year in the U.S. For about 75% of them, the first sign will be a skin lesion that appears one to four weeks after being bitten by an infected ...